Hydatid disease of the liver. a 5 year Jordanian experience

The records of 85 consecutive cases of hydatid disease of the liver that were treated surgically between 1990 and 1994 at the King Hussein Medical Center [KHMC] were reviewed. Diagnosis was made using clinical, serological, and imaging techniques. All patients were underwent surgery. In 50 cases the cysts were not complicated [group 1], and in 35 cases the cysts were infected or ruptured, and thus could be classified according to Lewall and McCorkell as: contained, communicating, and direct, [group 2]. Three forms of surgical treatment were used: I] Cyst evacuation, scolicidal irrigation, and primary cyst clousure; 2] Cyst evacuation scolicidal, irrigation, and external tube drainage; 3] Partial cyst resection and omentoplasty. Albendozole was used post operatively in 15 cases with multiple herpatic hydatidosis. Patients have been followed annually with indirect haemoagglutination test [IHA] for three years. Active or recurrent cases were encountered in patients. Conclusions: Omentoplasty with partial cyst resection has led to shorter hospitalization and lowered biliary leak. Medical treatment with albendzole proved to be effective especially in cases of multiple hydatid cyst

Study of physical fitness status among police security recruits

A cross sectional study was carried out to evaluate the level of physical fitness of new recruits of the central security forces and to study the effect of training and other various ecological factors on the level of their physical fitness. Seven hundred and twenty individuals were selected from the training camp of central security forces at Quesna district. Menoufia Governorate, to be the subjects of this study. The results showed that the training program had a significant positive effect on the physical fitness response and pulmonary function measurements of recruits. Smoking habits, residence. Hb concentration and bilharzial infection were important factors affecting response to training